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Transit metropolis
A Transit metropolis is an urbanized region with high-quality
public transportation services and settlement patterns that are
conducive to riding public transit.[1] While Transit villages[2] and
Transit-oriented developments (TODs)[3] focus on creating compact,
mixed-use neighborhoods around rail stations, transit metropolises
represent a regional constellation of TODs that benefit from having Evolution of Stockholm as a Transit
both trip origins and destinations oriented to public transport Metropolis, 1930 to 1990, with
stations. In an effort to reduce mounting traffic congestion problems urbanization following the
and improve environmental conditions, a number of Chinese mega- Tunnelbana metro line, built in
cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen,[4][5] have embraced the advance of demand to help guide
transit metropolis model for guiding urban growth and public- regional growth; Source: R.
transport investment decisions. Cervero, The Transit Metropolis,
1998
Around the world, mass transit have been struggling to compete
with private automobile and in many places its market is eroding.
Transit metropolis and TOD are among the planning strategies being introduced to help reserve
ridership losses and advance more sustainable patterns of urban development.

Transit metropolises recognize that one or two TODs as islands in a sea of automobile-oriented
development (AOD) will do little to get people out of cars and into trains and buses. Only when TODs are
organized along linear corridors, as in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Curitiba,[6] or inter-connected by
high-capacity transit at a regional scale can they significantly reduce car-dependence and improve
environmental conditions.

References
1. Cervero, Robert (1998). The Transit Metropolis: A Global Inquiry. Washington: Island Press.
ISBN 9781559635912.
2. Bernick, Michael; Cervero, Robert (1997). Transit Villages in the 21st Century. New York: McGraw
Hill. ISBN 9780070054752.
3. Calthorpe, Peter (1993). The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American
Dream. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781878271686.
4. Cervero, Robert (2007). The Transit Metropolis. Beijing: Chinese Architecture and Building Press.
5. Transit Metropolis Forum shapes sustainable transport trends for China’s urban future [1] (http://ww
w.wrirosscities.org/news/transit-metropolis-forum-shapes-sustainable-transport-trends-china%E2%8
0%99s-urban-future)
6. Suzuki, Hiroaki; Cervero, Robert; Iuchi, Kanako (2013). Transforming Cities with Transit: Transit and
Land Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development. Washington: World Bank.
ISBN 9780821397459.

See also
Commuter town
New Urbanism

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Smart growth
Streetcar suburb
Transit-oriented development
Transit village

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